Sentence examples for became less assured from inspiring English sources

Playford became less assured in parliament as Labor became more aggressive, their leading debater Don Dunstan combatively disrupting the previously collaborative style of politics, targeting the injustice of the Playmander in particular.

Germany went on to equalise as Argentina became far less assured in possession.

As businesses' footprints extended around the world, these objectives became less important than assuring low taxes.

This leads to exactly the kind of behavior that has hurt retailers over the last several years, as growth has become far less assured.

Unlike the macho actors who as they got older became strident about their virility, puffing their big, flabby chests in an effort to make themselves look even larger, Grant, with his sexual diffidence, quietly became less physical — and more assured.

When I arrived the place struck me as highly British -- from the pillar postboxes to the serenely assured, idiosyncratic architecture -- but it became less so the longer I stayed and began to sense what being Bermudian means.

Taxation became less burdensome.

Individuals became less important.

I became less flippant, less patient.

The language became less esoteric, less specialized.

Bindings, too, became less expensive.